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What’s Changing For Teens on Instagram and Facebook After Meta Settlement

Meta agreed to set more time limits and enhance protections in its platforms for young users, but was short on some specifics.

Β© William West/Agence France-Presse β€” Getty Images

Meta said that it would change how teenagers use Instagram and Facebook as part of a landmark settlement with 47 states.
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β€˜9 to 5? She was full-on round the clock!’ Dolly Parton celebrated by kd lang, Peggy Seeger, Annie Lennox and more

Musicians and performers pay tribute to the country legend who managed to be a generational talent, a formidable entrepreneur, a dedicated philanthropist and a truly kind person

Shirley Collins, singer-songwriter

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Β© Photograph: Richard E Aaron/Redferns

Β© Photograph: Richard E Aaron/Redferns

Β© Photograph: Richard E Aaron/Redferns

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South African police arrest two Thai men for allegedly smuggling parrot eggs

Bird eggs intercepted in homemade incubators at Johannesburg airport as officials try to halt wildlife trafficking

South African police have arrested two Thai nationals in separate incidents for allegedly attempting to smuggle endangered parrot eggs out of the country as authorities try to stem the tide of wildlife trafficking.

A 50-year-old Thai national was arrested at OR Tambo international airport in Johannesburg on 20 August, carrying 50 bird eggs in a homemade incubator in a hand-luggage bag, South Africa’s environment ministry said in a statement.

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Β© Photograph: Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

Β© Photograph: Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

Β© Photograph: Ministry of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment

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Remembering Dolly Parton, whose artistry and generosity touched generations

The world is mourning the passing of the queen of country, Dolly Parton. Her enormous legacy spans not only music, but the world of movies and entertainment, health care, philanthropy and education. Amna Nawaz takes a look at Parton's extraordinary life.

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Dolly Parton's greatest songs, and the stories behind them

Dolly Parton was more than a musician, actor, author, philanthropist, or theme-park entrepreneur. Parton, who died Tuesday at age 80, occupied a space in our global cultural imagination β€” a figure of American mythology, someone best described as larger-than-life and then a little bit more. But from the very beginning, at the heart of everything she accomplished, she was a songwriter.

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Australia's music industry bans AI-generated tracks from official charts

Australia's recorded music industry will bar tracks wholly generated by artificial intelligence from official charts as burgeoning generative technologies threaten artists' livelihoods, a representative said on Tuesday.

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My Arms Are Longer Now – comedy stealth game sends lawlessness into new territory

Developers who met through Australia’s improv scene and publishers of comedic party games have united for this slithering challenge in which you play as one extended limb

Most stealth games cast you as a spy, an assassin or a master thief. My Arms Are Longer Now dispenses with most of the criminal person, to send in just one spectacularly badly behaved limb. It slithers across floors, winds around furniture, steals things and slaps anyone within reach – finally answering the question nobody asked: what if your own arm turned to crime?

As Toot Games co-founder Matthew Jackson puts it: β€œYou are the bad thing that happens to the people.”

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Β© Photograph: Toot Games

Β© Photograph: Toot Games

Β© Photograph: Toot Games

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